They nobly conceived that human society was a single unit and that it was governed by a law that was both antecedent and paramount to the law of Rome.

But M. Stolypin extended Russian authority by making it paramount in all matters which have a bearing on Russian or Imperial interests.

But the priests believed in a future state of rewards and punishments, and thus recognized the soul to be of more importance than the material body, and made its welfare paramount over all other interests.

At this stage, however, it would seem that ambition was paramount with him, not love; for his wife Fulvia having died, he did not marry Cleopatra, but Octavia, sister of Octavius, his fellow-triumvir and general rival.

The love of art, gaiety, adventure, science, religion may be severally paramount at different times.

There is nothing like Old England, say they; yet paramount as their love of country appears to be, their love of French frippery is a stronger passion!

He is lord paramount within himself, though he hold by never so mean a tenure, and dies the more contentedly, though he leave his heir young, in regard he leaves him not liable to a covetous garden.

Worse than this, when the Free States by overwhelming majorities have just expressed their conviction, that slavery, as he creature of local law, can claim no legitimate extension beyond the limits of that law, he asks their consent to denationalize freedom and to nationalize slavery by an amendment of the Federal Constitution, that shall make the local law of the Slave States paramount throughout the Union.

The orthodox mould candle reigns paramount on each side of the pulpit; and its light appears to give satisfaction.

Still there were other considerations which to him seemed paramount for the time at least.

The Mac Ranalds, or Magranals, (as the name was usually written,) in English, Reynolds, the principal parties to the deed, were a clan who possessed the territory of Munterolish, in the county of Leitrim, subordinate to O'Rourke, who was lord paramount of the county; and the lords justices having, by this deed, detached them from the interest of the latter, immediately marched an army into his country.

The tradition of Horace Mann was paramount among the students, the graduates, and the whole environment.